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Chinese translation for "按兵不动"

[ ànbīngbùdòng ] 
halt the troops and wait; keep [remain] quiet; be on the alert, but make no move; bide one's time; hold one's troops where they are; hold the dogs of war in leash; keep an army back from battle; keep the troops immobilized; keep the troops in readiness, but do not send them into action; make no move; not to throw the troops into battle; remain inactive; rest one's men for a time; station the troops (and wait for a right time to strike); stop the advance of an army; take no action; the army was halted and did not march.: 按兵不动, 等待时机 not to move till the right moment; halt the troops and wait; keep quiet for waiting for a good chance; station one's troops and wait for the right moment; hold in check the pugnacity of our men until such a time as could be to our better advantage to strike; hold one's troops temporarily in leash for more effective action later; 红军按兵不动, 伺机发动反击。 the red army bided their time to launch a counterattack

Related Translations:
按兵不动等待时机:  not to move till the right moment
谈判中的按兵不动:  inaction in negotiatinginaction, in negotiating
红军按兵不动伺机发动反击:  the red army bided their time to launch a counterattack
Example Sentences:
1.Neither silence nor inaction is necessary .
即不要保持沉默也不能按兵不动
2.Pablo has rotted us here with inaction .
巴勃罗老是按兵不动,把我们拖烂啦。
3.The red army bided their time to launch a counterattack .
红军按兵不动,伺机发动反击。
4.All we have to do is to sit tight and see which way they are going to jump .
我们所需要做的是,按兵不动,看看他们采取什么步骤。
5.The old pattern of delay and inactivity continued to plague our handling of watergate .
我们对水门事件的处理继续犯拖延和按兵不动的老毛病。
6.If napoleon had not remained inactive
如果不是拿破仑按兵不动,那将会怎样呢?
7.If murat had not lost sight of the russians
如果不是拿破仑按兵不动,那将会怎样呢?
8.Even so , the trustbusters should stay their hand
尽管如此,反托拉斯者应该按兵不动
9.I ordered the myrmidons to stand down . you led them into combat
我要求他们按兵不动,你却让他们战斗
10.It would have been easy for her to lie low the rest of her life
她的馀生原本可以很容易一直按兵不动下去。
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